#take this with a grain of salt LMAO

[galaxdora]

Anyway. 275 days since last eki appearance. What a terrible time to live in

[4na112]

Usually i’m not the type of person who would speculate stuff before they come out. But, I think I found an important aspect in the third preview that revealed why Vash has a $$6 million bounty instead and how Trigun Stampede might play out plotwise… or maybe just one bit of it lol.

When I was in a group chat with other Trigun fans, I was reminded that Vash had a bounty of $$6 million, but for a different reason:

When this was brought up in the conversation, Vash being framed as a culprit for multiple plant robberies struck out as an important detail to me.

Okay so why is Vash getting framed such an important detail?

When rewatching the third PV for the kabillionth time, I stumbled upon this interesting shot of Knives:

I like to believe that Knives was retrieving a plant here because there were glimpses of how plants looked like in this version of Trigun from the first preview:

Also it’s implied that Vash tried to stop his brother from stealing the plant:

When putting it this way, it would make sense that people mistaken Vash as the culprit for stealing plants because him and Knives look alike. But that leaves another question though.

Why was Knives stealing plants in the first place?

Possibly because of this.

The ark incident’s gonna happen yall.

[astranauticus]

on today's edition of 'Liu Yuning song covers that live in my head rent free', i just need to share this cover of 假行僧 (False Monk) by Cui Jian. we need more rocker ning ge i swear

我要从南走到北

I want to walk from south to north

我还要从白走到黑

I want to walk from dawn to dusk

我要人们都看到我

I want everyone to see me

但不知道我是谁

but not know who i am

假如你看我有点累

If you see me looking a little tired

就请你给我倒碗水

then please pour me a bowl of water

假如你已经爱上我

If you have already fallen in love with me

就请你吻我的嘴

then please kiss me on the lips

我有这双脚，我有这双腿

I have these two feet, I have these two legs

我有这千山和万水

I have the whole world before me

我要这所有的所有

I want everything, everything in the world

但不要恨和悔

but I don't want hatred or regret

要爱上我你就别怕后悔

If you fall in love with me, then don't fear regret

总有一天我要远走高飞

Because one day I will fly far away

我不想留在一个地方

I don't want to stay in one place

也不愿有人跟随

and I don't want any company

我要从南走到北

I want to walk from south to north

我还要从白走到黑

I want to walk from dawn to dusk

我要人们都看到我

I want everyone to see me

但不知道我是谁

but not know who I am

我只想看到你长得美

I only want to see your pretty face

但不想知道你在受罪

I don't want to know about your suffering

我想要得到天上的水

I only want the water from the sky

但不是你的泪

but I don't want your tears

我不愿相信真的有魔鬼

I don't want to believe in demons

也不愿与任何人作对

I don't want to fight anybody

你别想知道我到底是谁

Don't try and figure out who I really am

也别想看到我的虚伪

And don't try to perceive my disguise

[isjasz]

HELLLooO!! o/ ive been LOVING the line less art recently and i was wondering if you could share your thoughts and or process while doing it..?:3 I've been thinking of doing the same thing for a while now to try improve my art (but i have NO idea how to start..) and i wanted to know your approach of it! if that's okay with you of course!

Hello hello :D i can reply to this one rq because actually i have the (very shit ibispainx 30s) timelapse for the chamber of sea critter at hand LOL

I. well the way i do it is just i skip the lineart stage and go straight to blocking colors HJSAKSKDHAKL. One lil tip id say is just u can still use lines to separate areas somewhere and/or just shade it to separate them o7. And have some lineless art reference at hand really helps!

[ipostmysimpingstuffanonymously]

My entry for the SatoSho Discord Weekly Prompt: Just Friends

[medusas-graveyard]

Projecting to Danny (again)

Touch starved/Clingy Danny :((( Danny doesn't really see Jack & Maddie a lot growing up, even though they would sometimes coddle over him, it just... didn't satiate his hunger for more physical affection. Jazz helped a lot, of course. But there's only so much time between their schedules and personal lives.

Cue: the Waynes.

At first it was just Bruce; where he sat down beside him in the large couch on one of many movie nights the Waynes would attend (this was his first!) And frankly, he did not know what happened. One moment he was leaning towards the older man's broad shoulders, Bruce's hand gently scratching and petting his scalp. The next moment he's already laying with his head on the man's lap, half asleep.

He vaguely remembers the hushed whispers and cooing latch on to his hearing, yet done nothing. Continue: his siblings; one by one would unconsciously give him some physical affection— ranging from Dick's cuddling to Damian's hand holding as a reassurance.

It's...nice.

[sad-gay-vampire]

panties 😭😭😭 link

[arcaneinsect]

I apologize in advance for this one but i had to purge this image from my mind immediately

[stevebabey]

In the distance, the first dreadful squawk of one of the bats carries across over the foul winds of the Upside Down.

Eddie Munson is going to die in the bottom of Steve Harrington’s swimming pool. He holds off as long as his nerves can handle it, trembling as he forces himself to stand still, hearing the bats draw closer.

But Eddie Munson has always been a coward. When danger comes, he always does run.

This time is no different.

You’re not supposed to be here.

That same harrowing voice slices through the air, its grisly tone making his insides shrivel up right as Eddie’s nerve breaks and runs. The vines relent easily, their sudden constriction eased the moment he tries to break free. As he scrambles back from the spot he was rooted, it’s with a sinking feeling that he realises it was far too easy to break away.

He keeps stumbling back.

The ground behind him slants, giving way to the slight incline, and it’s enough to crumble Eddie’s weak legs. The haunting shriek of bats sounds again, louder this time, closer.

Terror hikes up within him violently, and the fast backtracking he’s doing turns into a frantic scramble—he doesn’t even try to get to his feet, just turns and digs his fingers in, desperately searching for purchase. The sludge of the Upside Down buries itself beneath his nails, and Eddie isn’t sure he’s breathing at all as he pushes his body as fast as it can.

“I- I—fuck,” His inhale suddenly sounds dizzingly loud as he abruptly realises he’s crying. “I’m trying, I’m trying to leave, I- I wanna get home—”

He’s not sure why he’s bargaining, as if anything out there is even listening, as if the likes of Vecna cares to hear his pleas.

But running— running hadn’t helped him last time, had it?

And neither had standing his ground and fighting so- so he has to fucking trying something, right?

The dirt embeds itself further beneath his nails. His body screams its protests at his movements, sluggish and infuriatingly slow. The screeches of the bats get stronger, closer still.

Eddie learns that bargaining doesn’t help him either.

excerpt from you're not from around here, are you? chapter two, posting 24/10 @steddiebang2024

[digitalsymbiote]

Do most mechs have some sort of protection against gallium projectiles? (Gallium is highly corrosive/eats through most metals)

Mech manufacturers and Weapons manufacturers are in a constant arms race when it comes to effective deterrence strategies. Gallium munitions were very popular anti-mech arms in the early days, but changes in alloys and mech construction methods have made them much less effective.

While a significant amount of research has gone into finding ways to make mechs more resistant to large ordinance, a pilot's best defensive strategy remains simply not getting hit. Most mechs are built for speed and maneuverability, equipped with boosters and chaff launchers to help avoid missiles and other tracking ordinance.

The most dangerous threats to a mech and it's pilot in this era (outside of other mechs) are sustained ballistic arms fire, and unavoidable large area bombardments. A seasoned pilot can outsmart and outmaneuver most any other threat they come across on the battlefield.

[castielsprostate]

i dunno i think a lot of people have a very love hate relationship with the queer community because of the way the 90s/00s/10s media portrayed any sort of gay/queer/trans/lesbian/ace/etc relationship (whether in relations to others or themselves) as this inherent "silliness"? as this thing you're not supposed to talk about. it exists, but never let it show. it's there, but it shouldn't be seen. it's tolerable as long as it is silent.

it all ties back into misogynistic and the patriarchal systems that keep being persisted now. it's told as being a gay man is taking away your manhood, you are seen as weak and frilly and clearly not good enough to be a Real Man™. and being a lesbian takes away your femininity, you're too rough around the edges and are too manly thus you're not pretty because men can't be pretty that would mean they're gay, and thus you are not good enough to be a Real Woman™. the only "acceptable" way to be if you HAVE to be queer in any way is bisexual as long as you are a side character and stick to the "other side" when dating and end up with the opposite gender when getting married and settling down.

and even if the elements above were minor, being queer was shown as a struggle, something ugly and as a dirty little secret. a queer relationship was shown to be a funny gag, a dramatic storyline to have Normal Characters™ complete their acceptance storyline or advance their plots whilst the queer character is pushed off to the side. surface level inclusivity messages that are dressed up in "we love everyone" with the underlying tone of "we tolerate you as long as we have to and you're only here so we can hit a bigger audience"

all this to say that this is the reason most actors, male and female, are so opposed to admitting the characters they played in those decades were queer-coded in any way, shape or form. because that would mean voicing the quiet part out loud when they were told to keep it silent

[much-ado-abt-evrythng]

uhm. holy shit. go watch “the vourdalak” (directed by adrien beau) if you can (showing in some theaters in the us atm at least). if you like puppetry rather than cgi, vampire lore, AND ON TOP OF THAT A SHIT TON OF QUEER SUBTEXT AND OVERTONES(!!!????) then you had best SCOOT UR BOOT ON OVER TO A THEATER‼️ its so surreal and weird and beautiful and sad oh my god. at the very least, spread the word about it because it deserves SO much attention 🖤

[splynter]

Toxic friend group division is fucked up. In my experience it's usually structured into at least three rings of friends, the "Main friends/Authority friends," which are usually the perpetrators of most of the toxicity within a group; the "Inner circle friends," which are the friends who are still quite close but are not entirely emotionally invested in by the Center; and the "Outer circle friends," which are technically considered part of the group but are not nearly included in the group's center. Sometimes there are more layers to the group with less or more inclusion, but that inclusion is not always a good thing. Sometimes being in the inner layers means you get subjected to some really fucked up shit, but as a friend you are expected to support and uplift everyone involved.

There is horrid exclusion and manipulation embedded in this sort of friend group. The main authorities of the friend group are usually trying to keep their influence on what they want, keep the attention and support on them alone, and if you oppose that it turns into a whole “if you’re not for us, you’re against us” mentality. Attention is supposed to follow wherever they go, anyone easy to befriend (and to manipulate) is kept in a closer ring.. but not too close, because that keeps them anxious and attached to the center. They want you to be there unconditionally because they want that peer validation, but they're not always going to genuinely care about your problems if it doesn't eventually wrap around to being about the center

This really shows up when new friends come in and try to figure out “where they fit,” trying to be a full part of the group. They're often there because they want to be with the center, and if they aren't, the center is more likely to divide them out of the group, and out of what they don't like.

There's a fine line between someone's own anxieties and self doubt about being left out in a friend group (specifically speaking about anxieties that are untrue), and an actual toxic environment where friends are excluding others. Sometimes it's the fault of one or two ringleaders, and sometimes it's a collective effort of toxic individuals that you just happened to get roped into. It's often really hard to tell which is which, unfortunately, and our minds love playing tricks on us.

I'm not an expert on how to detect what is or isn't manipulation, I'm just going off of my own experiences on the subject. Honestly this is more of a rant than anything else

[fuedalreesespieces]

one thing that always gets me whenever i read inuyasha modern au fics is that inuyasha is supposedly "the slacker" or the guy who doesn't try hard on anything academia related, and that always struck me as odd bc you're telling me inuyasha wouldn't be competing with, say, koga for rank 1? that he wouldn't study his ass off in the subjects he's actually interested in? that he wouldn't pour his everything into extracurriculars he cares about? he has his aloof moments in canon but ultimately he's a hard worker and i think that trait should be reflected in aus!

plus if we're thinking about the setting here, inuyasha's canon behavior is greatly influenced by his upbringing (and later lack thereof). putting him in an environment (modern au, lack of youkai discrimination) where his talents are cultivated instead of looked down upon would give us a very different character. it's always interesting to me whenever i see canon-typical inuyasha behavior in an au where his mom is alive because it suggests that his mistrust and gruff behavior are just part of his personality and not largely a result of childhood events. i feel like modern aus are an opportunity to see how he might have grown if not for the death of his mother + father & the consistent threat looming over him as a child. what would his personality be like then? how would his first meeting with kagome go considering that? his dynamics with his older brother? his goals? it's something that could be explored in a fic taking place in the feudal realm but it's kind of difficult to just subtract the discrimination aspect that comes with that setting...just things to think abt ig!

[bandzboy]

and there we have it

[ianthoni]

Ok, Idk if it's just me but I can't stop thinking about the part in Anthony's letter where he asks if Ian even knows the real Ian... like, I think I'm crazy and tinhatty for seeing Ian as visibly repressed, but Anthony literally sees the exact same thing.

My very detailed thoughts are under the gifs and videos. Buckle up that's a long ass post. I put some of the parts i find interesting in the video.

First of I wanna start with comments like "oh i think Ian is emotionless he doesn't show emotions" he literally did. Watch the video. Don't just listen to his words look at his eyes.

No no no you're not alone. The more i watch him the more I'm like damn this man has a lot to unpack. Like you can see he has so many emotions but also is hiding them. At first people were like Ian is so chill, Ian doesn't care and I'm like HE CARES?? You can clearly see he cares, you can see he's affected by everything happening around, happening TO him. He's just so closed up so withdrawn even he himself doesn't know how to react to things. Just like he said he's the most chill-unchill person. He probably has a hurricane in his mind but he doesn't show it outside. I think it's because he was alone for a long time. He was definitely more open when he's with Anthony but after watching the video I think their friendship stopped being close when Anthony started dating his girlfriend at the time. Ofc there was probably some stuff between them they're friends since 6th grade, but the strings broke and they stopped being best friends probably at that time. And probably after this Ian started to press his feelings. Cause I think he tried to talk to Anthony about that person but it backfired so he stopped it all together. At the time he probably didn't have enough close friends and after Anthony left he was just alone in his thoughts. Ofc he had partners he had co workers, friends, employees but at that point he was already in a state where "it's better if i just shut up about my own feelings/emotions/thoughts cause they're wrong they're the reason my best friend leave me" and everything else, the company, the break-ups whatever it was all his problems, he's the boss, he had to take care of everything and he had to protect his friends/company and everything. He should be the one doing it without bothering others. And that's why he's now "chill" he put on an unbothered person mask to stay strong in the game. He built strong walls around his emotions. He hide them so much that he lost his ability to show his emotions in the meantime. He's an amazing listener, problem solver, perfect boss and friend and best friend probably but he's not good to himself. His feelings are pressed, he has a lot to unpack probably. Idk if Anthony and him talk about everything (i don't think tho i don't think ian could just trauma dump) and i feel like he has to. Not just talking about shit happened before like they say in the video, no he has to talk about his feelings, how he feels about what happened, how he feels now, is he hurt, is he heartbroken. Without a filter. Like he had to leave the labels behind and idk have an open conversation with someone(probably a therapist tbh) and realize that showing emotions is not weak or wrong. And he's not alone. Maybe he felt that way before but he has friends, he has a whole family actually. I really don't believe he's an emotionless person he's just so so introverted in his emotions. And he's lost in his insecurities.

First of all you can see he's emotionally unstable already when he said let's keep going because he's either afraid he's gonna show emotions(god forbid he shed a tear) or so emotional to talk about the subject.

"I don't think I would even recognize if I was being put through emotional turmoil. This is just so sad.

"That doesn't mean you weren't being put through it, that just might mean that you're shutting things off" Anthony explained so well in this sentence.

And this part i definitely agree with Anthony. "How do you know if I'm keeping it to myself?" Cause eyes never lie chico! We can see the sadness showing from them. The fake smile thing is like. Ok yeah I don't think he's fake smiling in every smile but i think when he's actually hurt he just smiles at the person hurting him. Even in this video there are so many moments that you can see he's upset he just smiles and moves on. Not wanting to make things worse or trying to keep everything going. Don't wanna mess up again. But you can't live a life like that. You can't just accept everything anyone is giving and not have a breaking point. Idk him so idk if he had that point already or he'd have that in the future but i know if he keeps ignoring everything and trying to push them aside it's burst. (It's not about Anthony leaving this is not about anyone else I'm talking about Ian's feelings)

And the last part yeah I think we know the real Ian. Cause even if he pushes his feelings aside he's who he is. Him hiding his hurt moments is not gonna affect anyone but himself.

Also wanna add I was so so upset when he said he thought Smosh was his and Ian was just a sidekick to him and even then Ian just smiled and kept going. It's so obvious he knows Anthony felt that way at the time. He's not shocked about this. He probably had his moments about that. I'm so glad Anthony realized that Smosh is not this and that Smosh is them together. And praise him every chance he has for that.

Lastly. I was really sad when Ian said "I forgive you" and Anthony laughed with "for what?" I think this was the only moment we actually see Ian trying to show his emotions and Anthony's joke makes it go away immediately and Ian smiled and hid his emotions again with "just kidding". Again this is all me just putting my thoughts out there but I think Ian deserved an apology or at least a thank you(which Anthony probably did them in private i think) cause he fought to keep Smosh together for years alone. So there was something Anthony could ask forgiveness for. Yes it was the best decision for Anthony and his mental health and it definitely helped him. And Ian could have left with him but didn't. But if he didn't try to stay and fight there wouldn't be a Smosh to turn back to. Wow that was dark.

Anyways this is me overthinking for something I shouldn't at fuckin 2am and I swear I have a life outside this. I just love analysing shit and talking about it ok?